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    5. Audio Science

      Discussion of blind testing, psychoacoustics, and measurement techniques. Also, preliminary, research, and exploratory measurements should generally be posted here unless the results of your measurement rigs have been established and well known. This is to prevent confusion and difficulty in comparing one measurement with another. Excessive insistence on only very difficult to implement double blind testing results in an automatic one week ban or worse.
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      1. Blind Testing and Psychoacoustics

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  2. Personal Audio Gear Discussion

    Personal audio gear reviews , subjective impressions, thoughts, and questions about gear. Any post with a measurement should go in the measurements section below.

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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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  3. Source Gear Discussion

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    3. Vinyl Nutjob World: Turntable and Related Gear

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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

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  5. Measurements (plus subjective impressions)

    Measurements with subjective impressions. Hands, Marv, Ultrabike, AtomicBob, Sorrodje, and cskippy. Unless your measurements have been sanctioned, please post them in the "Audio Science" sub-forum above. To is to prevent confusion as different measurement setups will have different results. Note that Hands' coupler has pinna, which will bump up the 2-3.5kHz region a little bit.

    1. Headphone Measurements

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    2. IEM Measurements

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      1. IEM Measurements - La Cenric's IEM Playhouse

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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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    4. Source Measurements

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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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    2. Loaner Programs

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      1. Closed Loaners

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    5. For Sale

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      1. Closed (Archived) Sales

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  8. Industry Sub-Forums

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    3. Bloom Audio

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    5. The Source Audio Video Design Group (TSAV)

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